GATHERING TO SAVE A NATION

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4696-2933-9
Verlag: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PR

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Civil War America

In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War,Stephen D. Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securingvictory. In a time of limited federal authority, governors were an essentialpart of the machine that maintained the Union while it mobilised and sustainedthe war effort. Charged with the difficult task of raising soldiers fromtheir home states, these governors had to also rally political, economic, andpopular support for the conflict, at times against a backdrop of significantlocal opposition.

Engle argues that the relationship between these loyal-state leadersand Lincoln’s administration was far more collaborative than previouslythought. While providing detailed and engaging portraits of these men, theirstate-level actions, and their collective cooperation, Engle brings into newfocus the era’s complex political history and shows how the Civil War testedand transformed the relationship between state and federal governments.

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Stephen D. Engle is professor of history at Florida Atlantic University and is the Director of the Alan B. and Charna Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency.